Jeffry Bartash

U.S. economic growth in the third quarter looked like it was going to top 3% again, but that was before a surprising surge in the nation’s trade deficit in the final month of the quarter. Gross domestic product, the official scorecard of the economy, was forecast to rise 3.1%, based on a Wall Stree

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The slowdown in inflation has come as a big relief to the Federal Reserve - not to mention millions of Americans frustrated by high prices. But the battle is not over just quite yet. The Fed's preferred PCE index rose at a small 2.1% pace in the 12 months ended in September, just a hair above the c

U.S. inflation slowed to a yearly rate of 2.1% September and almost hit the Federal Reserve's 2.0% goal, based on the PCE price index. But actually getting to the target might not happen until next year. The chief reason: A pair of low inflation readings from 2023 will drop out of the 12-month rate

Prices in the U.S. rose modestly in September, but not enough to suggest inflation is rekindling or to prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates. The Fed’s preferred PCE index moved up 0.2% last month, the government said Thursday. That matched the forecast of economists polled by The

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The shocking 254,000 increase in new jobs in September lost a little shine after government revisions. The economy added 223,000 new jobs that month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics now says. August employment gains were reduced even more sharply.The BLS chopped its estimate to 78,000 from from 15

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The U.S. grew a 2.8% annual pace in the third quarter, revised figures showed, and indicated the economy headed into the crucial holiday shopping season with plenty of momentum. The increase in gross domestic product, the official scorecard of the economy, was unchanged from an initial 2.8% estimat

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